The golf gods are smiling on Sauers, at least in his hometown, as two players fell out and allowed him to get into this field. Perry nearly won here with Scott Hoch in the 2011 playoff. He’s fifth on the tour in driving distance. Sauers is third in total driving, Perry fourth.

MICHAEL ALLEN, DAVID FROST

Frost is hot, and so is Allen. What else is new? Each already has won this season on the tour. Together, they followed up a bogey-free tie for third in 2011 with a bogey-free victory last year. Frost is second on the tour in money and points, Allen is sixth in both categories.

BERNHARD LANGER, TOM LEHMAN

Langer won last weekend in Gwinnett, three shots ahead of Lehman. Together, they won the Legends in 2009. Langer also won the ACE Group Classic in March. Langer leads the tour in points, money, scoring average, total driving and all-around ranking. Lehman leads in greens in regulation percentage.

FRED COUPLES, JAY HAAS

Couples has 15 PGA Tour wins including the 1992 Masters, and seven Champions Tour victories. Couples is first on the tour in birdie average, and second in scoring average, driving distance and all-around ranking. Haas won here in the individual stroke-play format in 2006-07.

JOHN COOK, COREY PAVIN

Always in the running when he finishes at Legends (he and Joey Sindelar were second in 2012, ’10, T3 in ’09, T4 in 2008), Cook opened 2013 season with a win in Hawaii. Pavin, the 1995 U.S. Open champ, is sixth in scoring average, Cook seventh. Pavin is first in sand save percentage.